Freedom is a relative concept. Compared to other states in the US, how does your state rank in terms of various aspects of freedom? George Mason’s Mercatus Center has produced a chart that ranks states on different measures of freedom.
It happens slowly and in ways never imagined. High US tax rates are destructive to the economy. Anyone with material income is changing his behavior, whether it is with respect to current earnings, investment income or even emigration. These microeconomic decisions, people altering their behavior to adjust or offset the pain government wants to inflict […]
James Quinn has come up with a near-perfect analogy for what is happening to the US. He likens it to the recent debacle associated with Carnival Cruise lines. There is quite a similarity. Here is an outtake from his article “Adrift at Sea:” Carnival Cruise Line is trying to buy off the passengers with refunds […]
Reader NII comments on recent government activities, implying they may be ready to act in some sort of big way. I will admit that things do not look right and that we should be worried: NII: Hmm. And you have huge amounts of ammo in hands of govt agency AND tests with military in towns […]
According to David Bard, the civil unrest that many of us fear is almost upon us..The US military has been training for this event. The following excerpt is from Mr. Bard's article: I spoke with a high-ranking, military source in DHS. Preferring to remain unnamed for obvious reasons, he told me, “DHS and DOD are conducting […]
Rumors that the US has leased out much of its gold have been rampant for several years. Whether that is true or not I have no definitive information although it does seem plausible. There is enough smoke around this issue to suggest that a fire exists somewhere. This behavior would be consistent with the dying-empire behavior that […]
Capital has no nationality. It goes where it is treated best. As social welfare states grab for more and more money, they make it harder for capital and labor to be productive. At some point the coexistence of the welfare state with the productive sector becomes so strained that the productive sector either cuts back on […]
Few Romans recognized the slow death of the Roman Empire. History, short of major wars, moves slowly. Change is not easily discernable on a day-by-day or even year-by-year basis. Our lifespans are long enough to enable us to see change over its duration, but usually not long enough to see its full implications. Countries rise and fall […]
From reader P. W. Dunn in response to a recent article: One of our people at the Isaac Brock Society had to show her original long-form birth certificate (or I guess an actual certified copy) and her marriage certificate, in addition to her Canadian citizenship documentation, in order to show that she had relinquished her […]
Suggested stops for the December rankings are provided below. These are mechanical calculations based on ETF volatility. As usual, the first column represents the price at the end of November and the second two columns represent possible stop levels. One is tighter than the other and whether you choose either or set your own is […]
The December rankings and performance of previous rankings are provided below. Â Suggested stop levels for each of the rankings will be provided in a separate post. December Selections
This update is based on market-close data as of November 22. Performance is based on beginning of that month’s rankings, assuming they were purchased and held for a full month. Stop placement or early selling would produce different results. So, too would different entry or exit prices. There is no way to account for early […]
The ranking of the 11 ETF Asset Classes routinely followed on this site is shown below. These rankings reflect the latest order produced by the algorithm used to rank individual ETFs. There have been some movements in these rankings reflecting recent market action.
The updated performance through November 13 is presented below. Additionally, the new rankings as of this same date are provided. Performance is based on the rankings as of November 1. The assumption is that you bought and held equal dollar amounts within a category and that you still hold these ETFs. If you entered at […]
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Trading Off to Good Start
As some readers know, there is a sister site to this one called “Trading to Armageddon.” The premise of the site is that the risks of being in markets, even if you believe that Armageddon is coming, is less than the risk of being out of markets. The first quarterly results are in from the […]
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